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al-Ismāʿīliyya al-khāliṣa / al-Ismāʿīliyya al-wāqifa [1] or Seveners (Arabic: سبعية) was a branch of Ismā'īlī Shīʻa. They broke off from the more numerous Twelvers after the death of Jafar al-Sadiq in 765 AD.
Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. [90] It is estimated that 10–13% [91] [92] [93] of the global Muslim population are Shias. They may number up to 200 million as of 2009. [92] As of 1985, Shia Muslims are estimated to be 21% of the Muslim population in South Asia, although the total number is difficult to estimate. [94]
Hafizi Ismaili Muslims claimed that al-Amir died without an heir and was succeeded as Caliph and Imam by his cousin al-Hafiz. The Musta'li split into the Hafizi, who accepted him and his successors as an Imam , and the Tayyibi , who believed that al-Amir's purported son At-Tayyib was the rightful Imam and had gone into occultation.
Isma'ilism, or "Sevener Shi'ism", is a branch of Shia Islam which emerged in 765 from a disagreement over the succession to Muhammad. Isma'ilis hold that Isma'il ibn Jafar was the true seventh imam, and not Musa al-Kadhim as the Twelvers believe.
[108] [109] Shia Muslims believe that with the exception of Ali and Hasan, all the caliphs following Muhammad's death were illegitimate and that Muslims had no obligation to follow them. [110] They hold that the only guidance that was left behind, as stated in the hadith of the two weighty things , was the Quran and Muhammad's family and ...
In a paper, "Islamic Education in Syria", Landis wrote that "no mention" is made in Syrian textbooks (controlled by the Al-Assad regime) of Alawites, Druze, Ismailis or Shia Islam; Islam was presented as a monolithic religion. [123] Ali Sulayman al-Ahmad, chief judge of the Baathist Syrian state, has said: We are ‘Alawi Muslims.
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt ) or his descendants known as Shia Imams .
Ali ibn Abu Talib (Nizari Isma'ili and Qarmatian-Sevener only; Asās/Wāsīh in Musta'li Isma'ili) Hasan ibn Ali (Qarmatian-Sevener and Musta'li Isma'ili only; Pir in Nizari) Husayn ibn Ali; Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin; Muhammad al-Baqir; Jafar Sadiq; Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar; Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ (Musta'li and Nizari Isma'ili only)